‘The Simpsons’ Meets ‘The Hobbit’ in Couch Gag (Video)

“The Simpsons” take part in an epic “Hobbit”-inspired journey in the long-running animated series’ latest couch gag.

The long opening, which clocks in at one-minute, 30 seconds, follows the family leaving a cave home, traversing Middle Earth and other lands overtaken by inclement weather, passing dragons, ghosts, giant drinking buddies who turn to stone — America’s favorite animated family even comes across a Gollum Moe.

At the end of the long journey, the gang makes finally it to Springfield. Homer promptly plops himself on the couch — the whole couch.